Medium carrying device

A medium carrying device comprising:

• a medium transporting path comprising a medium guide surface on which a medium is transported from an upstream end to a downstream end of the medium guide surface, the medium guide surface comprising 1) a first side edge that extends from the upstream end to the downstream and 2) a second side edge opposite the first side edge, the second side edge extending from the upstream end to the downstream end;
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• a medium alignment mechanism disposed along the medium transporting path, the medium alignment mechanism comprising a first lever, a first stopper, and a second stopper disposed on the medium transporting path, the medium alignment mechanism configured to correct an alignment of the medium using the first lever, the first stopper, and the second stopper,
• wherein the first lever, the first stopper, and the second stopper respectively include a first lever forefront, a first stopper forefront, and a second stopper forefront that contact a leading-edge of the medium when the medium passes through the medium alignment mechanism,
• wherein the first lever forefront of the first lever is disposed closer to the upstream end of the medium transporting path than the first stopper forefront of the first stopper and the second stopper forefront of the second stopper,
• wherein the first stopper forefront of the first stopper is disposed closer to the first side edge of the medium guide surface than the first lever forefront of the first lever and the second stopper, the second stopper forefront of the second stopper is disposed farther from the first side edge of the medium guide surface than the first stopper forefront of the first stopper and the first lever forefront of the first lever, the first lever forefront of the first lever is disposed farther from the first side edge of the medium guide surface than the first stopper forefront of the first stopper and closer to the first side edge of the medium guide surface than the second stopper forefront of the second stopper,
• wherein the first stopper forefront of the first stopper and the second stopper forefront of the second stopper align with one another when viewed from the first stopper toward the second side edge in a first direction that is perpendicular to 1) a transportation direction of the medium along the medium transporting path and 2) a second direction that is perpendicular to the medium guide surface,
• wherein when the leading-edge of the medium being transported along the medium transporting path comes in contact with the first stopper forefront of the first stopper and the first lever forefront of the first lever while the leading edge of the medium is not in contact with the second stopper, the first lever rotates about a first lever rotation axis while the first stopper and the second stopper do not move to prevent the medium from traveling past the medium alignment mechanism to the downstream end, and
• wherein when 1) the first lever forefront of the first lever, when viewed from the first stopper toward the second side edge in the first direction, aligns with the first stopper forefront of the first stopper and the second stopper forefront of the second stopper and 2) the leading-edge of the medium being transported along the medium transporting path comes in contact with the first lever forefront of the first lever, the first stopper forefront of the first stopper, and the second stopper forefront of the second stopper, A) the first lever further rotates about the first lever rotation axis and B) the first stopper and the second stopper rotate about a first stopper rotation axis and a second stopper rotation axis, respectively, allowing the medium to travel to the downstream end.